SPEC® CFP2006 Result

IBM Corporation

IBM BladeCenter LS42 (AMD Opteron 8347 HE)

SPECfp®_rate2006 = 131

SPECfp_rate_base2006 = 121

CPU2006 license:	11	Test date:	Jun-2008
Test sponsor:	IBM Corporation	Hardware Availability:	Sep-2008
Tested by:	IBM Corporation	Software Availability:	May-2008

Hardware
CPU Name:	AMD Opteron 8347 HE
CPU Characteristics:
CPU MHz:	1900
FPU:	Integrated
CPU(s) enabled:	16 cores, 4 chips, 4 cores/chip
CPU(s) orderable:	1,2,3,4 chips
Primary Cache:	64 KB I + 64 KB D on chip per core
Secondary Cache:	512 KB I+D on chip per core
L3 Cache:	2 MB I+D on chip per chip
Other Cache:	None
Memory:	64 GB (16 x 4 GB DDR2-6400 ECC)
Disk Subsystem:	1 x 73 GB SAS, 10000 RPM
Other Hardware:	None

Software
Operating System:	SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 (x86_64) SP1, Kernel 2.6.16.46-0.12-smp
Compiler:	PGI Server Complete Version 7.2 PathScale Compiler Suite Version 3.1
Auto Parallel:	No
File System:	ext2
System State:	Run level 3 (Full multiuser with network)
Base Pointers:	64-bit
Peak Pointers:	32/64-bit
Other Software:	None

Results Table

Benchmark	Base							Peak
Benchmark	Copies	Seconds	Ratio	Seconds	Ratio	Seconds	Ratio	Copies	Seconds	Ratio	Seconds	Ratio	Seconds	Ratio
Results appear in the order in which they were run. Bold underlined text indicates a median measurement.
410.bwaves	16	2366	91.9	2373	91.6	2388	91.1	16	2260	96.2	2260	96.2	2265	96.0
416.gamess	16	1678	187	1680	186	1674	187	16	1551	202	1588	197	1550	202
433.milc	16	1809	81.2	1823	80.6	1818	80.8	16	1814	81.0	1816	80.9	1829	80.3
434.zeusmp	16	1025	142	1020	143	1028	142	16	1024	142	1025	142	1024	142
435.gromacs	16	805	142	805	142	804	142	16	652	175	653	175	652	175
436.cactusADM	16	1272	150	1272	150	1271	150	16	1306	146	1304	147	1293	148
437.leslie3d	16	2170	69.3	2174	69.2	2173	69.2	16	1994	75.4	1981	75.9	1980	76.0
444.namd	16	914	140	913	141	914	140	16	806	159	805	159	805	159
447.dealII	16	1077	170	1060	173	1038	176	16	732	250	728	251	734	249
450.soplex	16	1610	82.9	1609	82.9	1606	83.1	16	1581	84.4	1572	84.9	1574	84.8
453.povray	16	449	190	450	189	449	190	16	376	226	376	226	376	227
454.calculix	16	715	185	715	185	714	185	16	714	185	715	185	714	185
459.GemsFDTD	16	2400	70.7	2402	70.7	2413	70.4	16	2225	76.3	2237	75.9	2231	76.1
465.tonto	16	1014	155	1005	157	1003	157	16	878	179	875	180	876	180
470.lbm	16	2653	82.9	2661	82.6	2652	82.9	16	2698	81.5	2744	80.1	2695	81.6
481.wrf	16	1355	132	1349	132	1348	133	16	1373	130	1380	130	1379	130
482.sphinx3	16	2930	106	2936	106	2946	106	16	2707	115	2705	115	2708	115

Operating System Notes

 'numactl' was used to bind copies to the cores
 'ulimit -s unlimited' was used to set environment stack size
 'ulimit -l 4915200'  was used to set environment locked pages in memory limit
 Environment variable PGI_HUGE_PAGES set to 896
 Set vm/nr_hugepages=14336 in /etc/sysctl.conf
 mount -t hugetlbfs nodev /mnt/hugepages
 Processor Performance States Disabled in BIOS
 Memory ChipKill Disabled in BIOS

Base Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks:

pgcc

C++ benchmarks:

pgcpp

Fortran benchmarks:

pgf95

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

pgcc pgf95

Base Portability Flags

410.bwaves:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
416.gamess:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
433.milc:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
434.zeusmp:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
435.gromacs:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -Mnomain
436.cactusADM:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -Mnomain
437.leslie3d:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
444.namd:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
447.dealII:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
450.soplex:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
453.povray:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
454.calculix:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -Mnomain
459.GemsFDTD:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
465.tonto:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
470.lbm:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
481.wrf:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_CASE_FLAG -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX
482.sphinx3:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64

Base Optimization Flags

Base Other Flags

C benchmarks:

-w -Mipa=jobs:4

C++ benchmarks:

-w -Mipa=jobs:4

Fortran benchmarks:

-w -Mipa=jobs:4

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

-w -Mipa=jobs:4

Peak Compiler Invocation

C benchmarks (except as noted below):

	pathcc
433.milc:	pgcc

C++ benchmarks (except as noted below):

	pathCC
444.namd:	pgcpp

Fortran benchmarks (except as noted below):

	pathf95
410.bwaves:	pgf95
434.zeusmp:	pgf95

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C (except as noted below):

	pgcc pgf95
436.cactusADM:	pathcc pathf95
481.wrf:	pathcc pathf95

Peak Portability Flags

410.bwaves:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
416.gamess:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
433.milc:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
434.zeusmp:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
435.gromacs:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -Mnomain
436.cactusADM:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -fno-second-underscore
437.leslie3d:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
444.namd:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
453.povray:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
454.calculix:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -Mnomain
459.GemsFDTD:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
465.tonto:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
470.lbm:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64
481.wrf:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64 -DSPEC_CPU_LINUX -fno-second-underscore
482.sphinx3:	-DSPEC_CPU_LP64

Peak Optimization Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:	-fastsse -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Msafeptr -Mfprelaxed -Mipa=inline -Mipa=arg -Mipa=const -Mipa=ptr -Mipa=shape -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
470.lbm:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -m3dnow
482.sphinx3:	-march=barcelona -Ofast

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:	-Mpfi(pass 1) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline(pass 2) -Mpfo(pass 2) -fast -Mfprelaxed -Msmartalloc=huge:150 --zc_eh -Mnodepchk -Munroll=n:4 -Munroll=m:8 -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
447.dealII:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -static -INLINE:aggressive=on -OPT:malloc_alg=1 -m32 -fno-exceptions
450.soplex:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -m32 -O3 -TENV:frame_pointer=off -LNO:prefetch=1
453.povray:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -Ofast -CG:load_exe=0

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-Mpfi(pass 1) -Mipa=fast(pass 2) -Mipa=inline(pass 2) -Mpfo(pass 2) -fastsse -Mfprelaxed -Msmartalloc -Mprefetch=distance:12 -Mprefetch=nta -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
416.gamess:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -O2 -OPT:Ofast -OPT:ro=3 -OPT:unroll_size=256
434.zeusmp:	-fastsse -Mfprelaxed -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
437.leslie3d:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -m3dnow -OPT:unroll_size=256 -CG:load_exe=0 -OPT:malloc_alg=1
459.GemsFDTD:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -LNO:fission=2 -LNO:simd=2 -OPT:malloc_alg=1
465.tonto:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -OPT:malloc_alg=1 -OPT:alias=no_f90_pointer_alias -LNO:blocking=off -CG:load_exe=1 -IPA:plimit=525

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:	-fast -Mfpapprox=rsqrt -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline -Mfprelaxed -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
436.cactusADM:	-march=barcelona -fb_create fbdata(pass 1) -fb_opt fbdata(pass 2) -Ofast -WOPT:aggstr=0
454.calculix:	-fastsse -Mfprelaxed -Msmartalloc=huge:150 -Mipa=fast -Mipa=inline -tp barcelona-64 -Bstatic_pgi
481.wrf:	-march=barcelona -Ofast -LNO:blocking=off -LNO:prefetch_ahead=10 -OPT:malloc_alg=1 -m3dnow -LANG:copyinout=off -IPA:callee_limit=5000

Peak Other Flags

C benchmarks:

433.milc:

-w -Mipa=jobs:4

C++ benchmarks:

444.namd:

-w -Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2)

Fortran benchmarks:

410.bwaves:	-w -Mipa=jobs:4(pass 2)
434.zeusmp:	-w -Mipa=jobs:4

Benchmarks using both Fortran and C:

435.gromacs:	-w -Mipa=jobs:4
454.calculix:	-w -Mipa=jobs:4

The flags file that was used to format this result can be browsed at
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd123GH-flags.20090714.01.html.

You can also download the XML flags source by saving the following link:
http://www.spec.org/cpu2006/flags/amd123GH-flags.20090714.01.xml.